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The sluice was running fine. Just looks like you were digging overburden. Learn to clean off that and just take the bottom inch. Crevice and snipe the bedrock. Yes, quite successfully with a metal detector. Want to see? ruclips.net/video/jIyuTjxJozw/видео.html
Try a blue bowl and spin the fines around and the dirt and water roll around until you set the water pressure just right and just the dirt and mud lift and fall out the bowl leaving heavys
you pan till you find a pocket then use the sluice to speed up the recovery of moving material . Pan full should have 10 or more flakes to start using sluice , and after every 4 or so bucket do a test pan to make sure you are still on the gold .
Your videos are always amazing. The amount of time you commit to setting up each of your shots shows your dedication to your channel. Plus your positive attitude is always a joy to experience.
That’s a nice Keen super sluice and can pull the finest gold out of stronger flows. The expanded metal and miners moss create drop zones that capture something that is 19 times heavier than water. The time on a rippling creek is worth more than the gold. Good luck. 🍀
Hanna when you decended the hill full of shale I am glad you did so without harm! I also remembered at that moment the words of our Ranger instructors when we were carping about a night time training effort requring us to move down steep terrain in Utah with a 360 degree live fire range fan. I was picked to be company commander that night and i quipped "this is going to be challenging" and they flat out told me a line that stuck with me throghout life along that i am sure other Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and AF PJs in the class probably recall..."Suck it up and drive on Ranger!". Anyhow I enjoyed your video!
LOVED THE VIDEO !! And looking for gold is my Favorite thing !! And you did great setting up your sluice box !! I live in Alaska and got into gold mining a long while ago , and i started out just like you , and even have the same sluice you are using today !! Classifying dirt is a good way to start and prospect new places for gold !! I do recommend getting some crevice tools for working bedrock !! Its a great way to find more gold !! And Keene sells a stand to run your Sluice box in deeper water , a plus to get your box running. Today i have 160 acres in gold claims and own 4 dredges of different sizes 2.5 to 6" and all the dive gear !! I also have the Gold Cube for clean up but also used it when i first got started as a 2nd step up from the sluice box !! I added the classifier & Trommel to run more dirt and it's a great way to run your dirt as a stand alone unit !! Another Plus to the cube is Price !! I have the 4 stack but the 3 is perfect !! 99.99% of your gold is going to be on the first Tear under the slick plate , and 2# you have about a half cup of material to classify when your done !! :) Sorry for the LONG REPLY , LOL But like i said I LOVE FINDING GOLD & wish you the best of LUCK in your adventures !! XOXO From AK.
160 acres!!! how inspiring, that is so impressive! I'd like to say you are a master gold prospector at this point hahaha. I'll have to look into a Trommel. Thank yo use much for the helpful suggestions, please don't apologize!!! Trying to improve each time!
Well Hannah at least you had a mini adventure being a gold prospector haha. Maybe Sasquatch scared everyone out of campground???? Always love your love of life. Brightens my day!! Thanks 🙏🏼
Ive been following you for about a year..not to regularly, and you never cease to impress me in you myriad of interests! Thanks for this prospecting adventure!
Whenever you go to a place where gemstones are found. Get a black light and walk around at night. The black light will reflect the light inside the gemstone and stand out from everything else. Great adventures ahead Hannah. Use caution if in big animal country.
Damn DR Hannah you are living the life most of us dream about. I am stuck in a factory in UK!! Take care of yourself in those deserted areas. Have to sift lots of sand and gravel for the nuggets. Time and patience and I am sure you will be rewarded! Enjoy!
Both of them are great. Also check out "Two Toes" (he's in California) and "Vogus Prospecting" (he's in Australia). The water flow looked light. Try to get a drop of 1 inch per foot of sluice length. Boil holes (the first spot you were going to check) can be good if they are packed tight with gravels/rocks. That one looked a bit iffy though but you don't know until you try. Keep it up though hon. Practice, practice, practice. Great vid and adventure!
You definately don’t have too much water velocity as long as material collects begind the riffles. Remember inside turns on a river are best and if you have lots of crevices in the bedrock this is also good. Find yourself some solid dental picks or the like to scrap out any fine crevaces, small nuggets get driven down into them and will need to be popped out. Nothing wrong with what you’re doing. Best of luck !
There's nothing more beautiful then to be in nature. Thanks for another great video. "Mother nature has the power to please, to comfort,to calm,and to nature one's soul."
I panned for gold in Alaska where my friend lives. I found some gold. He has 2 claims and has his sluice and everything. You don't want a strong current in your sluice. Your first 2 riffles in your sluice are the ones that do the work, only allow about a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch of water entering your sluice. Keep proping up your feed end of your sluice till you have proper flow. If your first riffle isn't clearing out quickly and properly place a small rock in the middle of the feed end of your sluice. The rock can create a little back flow and cause proper cleanout of your first riffle. And put your dirt in behind the rock and let it flow itself.
Lady, your gold prospecting skills make me smile, but do not give up. There are some great how to video's out here. I see this video was a year ago so I look forward to seeing how far you have came prospecting. Love the adventures. 🙂❤
I went through a gold diggin faze a few years back. I tried the north fork, and the middle, and even the Bear. I worked my butt off and only found flakes :( It's freakin hard work! It's funny cuz I had a pan and a sluice box identical to yours. I probably bought them at the same shop since it's still open (I think). The only thing that surprised me in this video was how empty Ruck-a-chucky was. Maybe people are afraid of fires or something. It's usually crowded. You could try the south fork in Coloma. That's where the gold rush started. It would be an interesting video with all the historical sites n junk. Keep truckin!
Dr.Hannah, The videos you make are relaxing and fun. You are the sweetest and cutest, and most friendly personality. Well that might be a stretch but you get it right? I enjoy theses videos and I look forward to seeing more. Stay safe and healthy inside your body 😉🤙🏼
Great video Doc. You put the pretty in this adventure, the scenery was spectacular, good luck finding gold, we all found it when we hit the SUB button, nice job👍🏻 👏🏻
you have to keep at it Hannah, sometimes i spend a whole day shoveling and putting it through the sluice . It pays to try a few pans to see if there is gold in the area before spending time in an area. It is best to try on the drop side of the creek which is normally on the inside of the bend. Sometimes it is best to get into some tight wash and try to work down to the base rock or bedrock. crevices in the bedrock will hold gold so it pays to get into these as well, good luck. I am enjoying your vids Hannah, keep them coming. cheers, Trevor Cozens, Picton NZ.
I tend to have my best luck pulling dirt from the downstream side of large rocks and boulders that are in the water already, of course the outside bend on a stream bed of solid rock works best for me. Just like you, I have never found enough to quit my day job but most of the fun is just being out in the water on a secluded stretch of river with my sons
Gold flakes is what you'll find mostly Today, try using a barge vacuum pump and sucking out the sludge in between rocks,emptied into a screen shifter.....
For us "hobbiests" the gold is just being out in the beautiful environment enjoying what nature has to offer. Any gold you might get is just a bonus. Looks like you found a pot full.
First I would like to say, a bad day panning for gold is better than a good day at work. Second, I have used a sleigh box and still own it. Finding nuggets are harder then you think. Flakes are easier. An old miner once told me to never give up, you sill find the gold when it wants to be found.
Like the saying goes - Gold is where you find it. It is also easier with a metal detector. Even a small one passed over the dirt before you put the dirt in the sluice and saves time. Nice spot but....a woman alone in the woods - you be careful.
Thanks for sharing your adventures. The scenery is outstanding. Maybe some sort of vacuum to suck out the dirt in those hard to get to places. Probably a stretch.
hi Hannah whenever you want to go for a dredge session,I've got a Keene triple sluice dredge that's ready to go. thumbs up to you for getting out there. great vids!!!!
Hey Hannah, Scott from SC here, I know this was a while back but I just wanted to say you’re doing great!!...and you’re exactly right, the root systems with the well packed gravels are excellent spots. A lot of really good advice and tips in the comments as well. Looking forward to more like this one but I’ll be honest... I catch myself smiling during every single one. I’ve decided to get a GoPro and start filming my new adventure so I’m taking notes. Have a wonderful day!
A sluice box is the way to go you can move a lot of material quickly. If you feel like the water is moving to fast you can raise the backside up to decrease the pitch . Looking at the video on it looked like you had it set up just about right. The key is to move as much quality material as possible to get the gold. Good luck and don't give up it's all about the me adventure. Thank you for the video!!!
The estwing black pans with different size riffles are quite good because the bottom of the pan is fairly big for washing back the black sands. The garrett super sluice pan is even bigger but costs more and you need to be a lot stronger to use it. I've just got the garrett gold trap and the little finishing pan and the estwing.
With all the camera set up, hiking up, hiking down and hiking back to get the shot you want, you probably hike those hills 3 or 4 times. It's impressive
I loved the slightly spooky music to start off October right! Very fun and you always put a smile on my face with your fun adventures! I would love to go gold prospecting like that! Thanks for being so sweet and sharing your adventures with us. 😊
Hi Hannah, Gold panning is so much fun. It looked like your sluice was set pretty good. I don't know if anyone else mentioned this yet, wet your classified materials before you run it through the sluice. Dry gold will wash right through. Gold flakes float. After you clean your sluice into your bucket, pan the concentrates into a tub but add some jet dri to the tub. It breaks the surface tension so the Gold will sink in your pan. Even if you don't find Gold the beauty of the outdoors is the treasure many of us look for.
Hi Hannah, and yes the sluice box is the way to go and yes you need a full size pan, I always sample pan for color before I set up my Sluice so I know were the color is best and dont forget to check your talings from the box to see if you are losing any color slow the water down and keep an eye on the riffles . Remember gold is heavy when looking for paydirt look for round river rocks with minerals smaller rocks not the sand so much. May your pan turn yellow with color.
At the base of that bedrock you looked at first had some interesting sand and gravel pockets. That would have been the first place I would have checked. There has been plenty of heavy water flow scrubbing that rock, and the base is a prime location. Nice folding sluice, mine was a solid one piece about the same size, definitely more awkward to transport.
I have to check these areas out, thank you!! The folding sluice was convenient to carry but worried some of the kinks in the fold hindered some of the flow.
It would help if you put some miners moss on top of carpet the keene came with. Also you have to put the expanded metal in with the right side up. With the expanded laying flat on the sluice one side has a bevel in the diamonds the bevels should be facing down so that there is a lip between the carpet and the bevel. Those tiny pockets will trap the gold. If you put tha bevels up the tiny gold will just slide off. Heavy pans 🙂👍
a wide rock on top of sluice will help hold it down. 1" drop for each foot of sluice length. top of sluice, water should be deep enough to form a V down to about the second riffle. to low of water, build a dam. gold will carry on the inside bend of stream and down stream side of bigger rocks, boulders. keep it up, being out in nature is a treasure in itself!
Your lucky to have running water to run a sluice. In the desert of Arizona, we have to bring the water to pan the gold. It's a fun Hobbie, but a little hard work but enjoyable and you can enjoy peace and the outdoors 🤙
If you come to British Columbia you can meet Dan Hurd. The borders are open for the US. We love gold panning. There is lots of gold panning British Columbia and you're guaranteed to find gold every time
Looks like so much fun .....great videos. Being from Canada I've had the pleasure of traveling through California and Nevada. Currently just out side of Salt Lake City. You are so lucky to be able to enjoy all its beauty every day Looking forward to your next adventure
@@DrHannahStraight hey thanks for the reply. I'm sure there is place in British Columbia and the Yukon you can prospect. North Ontario has the world's largest pure gold deposit. Off to New Mexico today🙂
Dr Hanna, youbwoukd be an incrdible person to be around! What a personality to have, laughing and joking like you do. You will go far in this life, its a gift that most folks would love to own but simply cannot pull it off you do sweetheart. Its a shame there are not more like you in the world so be thankful. Do add God into your conversation because without Him you do not show the world what you have in the nature you possess. Thank you so much for taking on such a wonderful adventurious time.
That is really awesome that you are out there prospecting and having fun. Having fun is the most important part! We all know you wont get rich panning or sluicing for gold. It is very hard work. Rather, it is the experience of being out on the river and looking for hidden treasure. That said, if you want to improve your chances there are many great channels on youtube dedicated to this hobby and how to do it safely and effectively. Safe travels young lady.
Yes, out of all those beautiful spots, if you sample all the spots you've been to, you'll find gold and silver for sure. Would love for you to continue this trade/skill! I think this would be a great addition to the already great content!
Love the hat Hannah, glad to see you back on land again. Prospecting is so adventurous, and you perfect for it.. the sluice looks great.excellent technique…. You taught me something. Happy day Hannah. See you next adventure……
Fun adventure, even if you don't strike it big. I am in SE Ohio, not known for gold, but I do have a creek that runs across my property so though I would give it a try. I used a Grizzly gold trap and then panned the concentrate. Quite a bit of black sand, and actually found a half dozen flakes. Will never pay for the equipment I guess but still a fun experience, and I have a little glass vial with some glittery flakes of gold to show off.
Dr Hannah, Did I ever tell you that I found gold once! It was indeed the "mother load" as you say. It was the day I found your channel. I've been richer ever since. 😊
Get a Garrett Super Sluice gold pan, they are the best! Never put dry material in your sluice box, only wet material, otherwise the small gold will float on the top & wash right out over the riffles. The water was almost too slow still, you need good water flow to clean the light stuff out of the riffles so the heavier gold can settle in the bottom. Prospecting is hard, but don't give up! Think of it as a fun hobby & not a money maker & it's much more enjoyable.
I've always wanted to try this, it would be a good hobby to enjoy while going on a camping trip. Ive never done it, several of my relatives were miners in the early to mid 1900s . Such a beautiful setting for a great video.
Good morning Hannah must be Sunday I always enjoy waking up to your new vids every week hopefully you get some gold in the rest of your bucket as always so jealous that your out in the woods love your content be safe 😉
nice place kind of reminds me of Kern river ca , they been having fires out that way , right in the Kern river , and the smoke was bad for miles around , I would still love to go visit there again someday , alot of panning on that river that is not tied to a claim , be careful and have fun
If it were easy, everybody would be prospecting. Don't know much but I've watched enough gold rush to know that the angle of the sluice has to be dead on for result should there actually be gold, and like another comment was said, bends, in the river are best. Good luck, fun to watch.
I have a claim in British Columbia Canada, right on the historic Gold Rush Trail from the 1800's. I have a few spots I work hard, but when I just go for fun and stuff, I usually get a few grams for the afternoon. If you ever take a trip to Alaska, you would be driving right through my area. And if you wanted to spend a day on a working claim, just let me know
Find spots where the bedrock in the river has natural divots and crevices to catch gold, also behind (downstream side) of large rocks. Been lucky in these areas. Looks like you have the right idea! Good Luck!
I’ve seen a video about gold and it claims there’s gold in any river or stream in America. It may only be flakes, but it adds up. I personally think you’re the gold. I’d love to travel with you and enjoy the beautiful country and your positivity.
Gold prospecting can be very hard work. A sluice will help you process the dirt faster. Don't worry if you don't see much on the rubber matting. The water flow has to be fast enough to wash the rocks out and the gold will settle into the riffles. Crevices can produce some of the larger nuggets without digging through 3 feet of gravels to find them. Happy hunting.
@@DrHannahStraight - Haha, not only across the country but up the Klondike with a years supply of food or they weren't let in. Gold Fever is real! Having found a few ounces in Vt panning, people often ask me if you can make a living at it. Nope! Not there but I love playing in the water and at the end of the day, I get to take home some color. Serenity!
Your flow through sluice box looks good. You want good velocity. The area your in has been sucked dry by Dredges. That pot hole especially. Loose sand and smaller gravels are not good for gold. You were right to dig around the larger outcrops of bedrock, but usually requires a lot of digging or finding a crevasse that no one has dug in before. Finding hard packed rounded gravels along the edges of the river above the current water elevation is also a good place for gold. It's never easy, even for an experienced Geologist like myself.
When you think about recreational gold prospecting you have to bear in mind that gold concentrations are usually found in “parts per million” concentrations. If you think about that long enough it drives you to just dig another scoop of dirt, thinking that if you stop a nice piece of gold MIGHT be just a fraction of an inch lower, so you get a little crazy, just going after that next half inch of dirt. And yes, a sluice box allows you to process more material than a pan alone.
Joyous and carefree video! Not many things make me anxious, but that campsite would creep out most people solo-camping, I believe. As someone old enough to be your father, I’d probably be discouraging you from doing that too often! 😉🙏👍
"Exactly" what I'll be doing when I get my RV and travel full time. Besides being an outdoor enthusiast, Gold mining is right up there in adventures to seek out.. ;)
I would have to agree that camping out and watching creepy movies is great......And telling horror stories around the camp fire like the one about the sailor with a hook on his foot.......Keep the vids coming Hannah.
Hannah, you totally look like the 21st century prospector…… WOW!!!!!! How times have changed….. i think the sluice is worth it….. just takes time and use of….. as you camp more by streams you’ll have an eye out for possible finding the “yellow” stuff. Love your humor. You’d be fun camping with….. thank you for the adventure…. See you next time…..
Cool video stay safe we all get creeped out even me in my semi truck sometimes I park I wish I didn't so I lock my doors and turn my lights on and my Pitt bull keeps a watchful eye on everything ✝️🇺🇲
What an awesome place that looks like, I have a very similar sluice box and pans and whether you find gold or not doesn't really matter as you know it's all about the thrill of the hunt and enjoying nature. Keep the water flow a little on the heavy side going through the sluice as the gold is heavy enough to get caught up in the riffles so don't worry about it washing away. Love your videos keep on keeping on and stay safe. 😊✌🏼
It looks like you're doing the sluicing correctly, I've been sluicing since 1980. Just keep trying, and keep the sluice at a 20-degree angle. Water flow slows down in the fall in the Sierras, you may have to place rocks to funnel more water into the sluice. Check out DMO and Zonner's youtube channel, they prospect in the Sierras and the Nevada desert.
Have you ever found any gold or tried to find any gold when prospecting? What's your favorite way to prospect? For your chance to win a Sprinter Van and support a great cause, enter at omaze.com/DRHANNAH
Turmeric is the golden milk I've been digging lately 🥤
The sluice was running fine. Just looks like you were digging overburden. Learn to clean off that and just take the bottom inch. Crevice and snipe the bedrock.
Yes, quite successfully with a metal detector.
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Looks like a a lot of fun, I'd like to buuuuut.....
Never been prospecting, but you make it look enjoyable.
Try a blue bowl and spin the fines around and the dirt and water roll around until you set the water pressure just right and just the dirt and mud lift and fall out the bowl leaving heavys
7degree drop to start
you pan till you find a pocket then use the sluice to speed up the recovery of moving material . Pan full should have 10 or more flakes to start using sluice , and after every 4 or so bucket do a test pan to make sure you are still on the gold .
Your videos are always amazing. The amount of time you commit to setting up each of your shots shows your dedication to your channel. Plus your positive attitude is always a joy to experience.
That’s a nice Keen super sluice and can pull the finest gold out of stronger flows. The expanded metal and miners moss create drop zones that capture something that is 19 times heavier than water. The time on a rippling creek is worth more than the gold. Good luck. 🍀
Hanna when you decended the hill full of shale I am glad you did so without harm! I also remembered at that moment the words of our Ranger instructors when we were carping about a night time training effort requring us to move down steep terrain in Utah with a 360 degree live fire range fan. I was picked to be company commander that night and i quipped "this is going to be challenging" and they flat out told me a line that stuck with me throghout life along that i am sure other Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and AF PJs in the class probably recall..."Suck it up and drive on Ranger!". Anyhow I enjoyed your video!
The real gold: 200K subs finally, wow congrats best to you!
LOVED THE VIDEO !! And looking for gold is my Favorite thing !! And you did great setting up your sluice box !! I live in Alaska and got into gold mining a long while ago , and i started out just like you , and even have the same sluice you are using today !! Classifying dirt is a good way to start and prospect new places for gold !! I do recommend getting some crevice tools for working bedrock !! Its a great way to find more gold !! And Keene sells a stand to run your Sluice box in deeper water , a plus to get your box running. Today i have 160 acres in gold claims and own 4 dredges of different sizes 2.5 to 6" and all the dive gear !! I also have the Gold Cube for clean up but also used it when i first got started as a 2nd step up from the sluice box !! I added the classifier & Trommel to run more dirt and it's a great way to run your dirt as a stand alone unit !! Another Plus to the cube is Price !! I have the 4 stack but the 3 is perfect !! 99.99% of your gold is going to be on the first Tear under the slick plate , and 2# you have about a half cup of material to classify when your done !! :) Sorry for the LONG REPLY , LOL But like i said I LOVE FINDING GOLD & wish you the best of LUCK in your adventures !! XOXO From AK.
160 acres!!! how inspiring, that is so impressive! I'd like to say you are a master gold prospector at this point hahaha. I'll have to look into a Trommel. Thank yo use much for the helpful suggestions, please don't apologize!!! Trying to improve each time!
Well Hannah at least you had a mini adventure being a gold prospector haha. Maybe Sasquatch scared everyone out of campground???? Always love your love of life. Brightens my day!! Thanks 🙏🏼
That's what I was thinking! where did everyone go, it was pretty creepy, thanks so much for stopping by!
I actually thought you felt one during the last video
Please always listen to that voice in your head oh yea and get a dog and a gun please Bob
200K SUBS.Time to celebrate.Well deserved my friend 🍹🤎
Ive been following you for about a year..not to regularly, and you never cease to impress me in you myriad of interests!
Thanks for this prospecting adventure!
Whenever you go to a place where gemstones are found. Get a black light and walk around at night. The black light will reflect the light inside the gemstone and stand out from everything else. Great adventures ahead Hannah. Use caution if in big animal country.
Damn DR Hannah you are living the life most of us dream about. I am stuck in a factory in UK!! Take care of yourself in those deserted areas. Have to sift lots of sand and gravel for the nuggets. Time and patience and I am sure you will be rewarded! Enjoy!
Get outa there !
Suggest you watch "Ask Jeff Williams" or "Dan Hurd". Inside of stream curves, pockets, boulders, etc. Thanks for a great video !!
Jeff Williams is awesome, he's funny too! learned a lot from him.
Both of them are great. Also check out "Two Toes" (he's in California) and "Vogus Prospecting" (he's in Australia).
The water flow looked light. Try to get a drop of 1 inch per foot of sluice length. Boil holes (the first spot you were going to check) can be good if they are packed tight with gravels/rocks. That one looked a bit iffy though but you don't know until you try.
Keep it up though hon. Practice, practice, practice. Great vid and adventure!
Also known as "Reading the River"
Two toes makes the best how to prospect videos
@@OnTheGoldNZ I agree, I have him subbed! He's a true gold-sniper. Hones in on the goods.
You definately don’t have too much water velocity as long as material collects begind the riffles. Remember inside turns on a river are best and if you have lots of crevices in the bedrock this is also good. Find yourself some solid dental picks or the like to scrap out any fine crevaces, small nuggets get driven down into them and will need to be popped out. Nothing wrong with what you’re doing. Best of luck !
There's nothing more beautiful then to be in nature. Thanks for another great video.
"Mother nature has the power to please, to comfort,to calm,and to nature one's soul."
I panned for gold in Alaska where my friend lives. I found some gold. He has 2 claims and has his sluice and everything. You don't want a strong current in your sluice. Your first 2 riffles in your sluice are the ones that do the work, only allow about a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch of water entering your sluice. Keep proping up your feed end of your sluice till you have proper flow. If your first riffle isn't clearing out quickly and properly place a small rock in the middle of the feed end of your sluice. The rock can create a little back flow and cause proper cleanout of your first riffle. And put your dirt in behind the rock and let it flow itself.
I love your sense of humor. I bought prospecting tools 3 years ago and they are still brand new.
Very cool to hang out with you! Your enthusiasm rubs off on us. Better luck tomorrow!!
Lady, your gold prospecting skills make me smile, but do not give up. There are some great how to video's out here. I see this video was a year ago so I look forward to seeing how far you have came prospecting. Love the adventures. 🙂❤
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I went through a gold diggin faze a few years back. I tried the north fork, and the middle, and even the Bear. I worked my butt off and only found flakes :( It's freakin hard work! It's funny cuz I had a pan and a sluice box identical to yours. I probably bought them at the same shop since it's still open (I think). The only thing that surprised me in this video was how empty Ruck-a-chucky was. Maybe people are afraid of fires or something. It's usually crowded. You could try the south fork in Coloma. That's where the gold rush started. It would be an interesting video with all the historical sites n junk. Keep truckin!
Great video Hannah. Gold prospecting is on my bucket list. You look beautiful as always and the scenary was amazing.
Hello hannah. You are one amazing woman. The world needs more people like you & your sense of adventure. Adrian from Devon
Dr.Hannah,
The videos you make are relaxing and fun. You are the sweetest and cutest, and most friendly personality. Well that might be a stretch but you get it right? I enjoy theses videos and I look forward to seeing more. Stay safe and healthy inside your body 😉🤙🏼
Come to Canada see some different scenery the borders are open
Great video Doc. You put the pretty in this adventure, the scenery was spectacular, good luck finding gold, we all found it when we hit the SUB button, nice job👍🏻 👏🏻
Looks like your always having a great adventures. Thank you for taking us along
you have to keep at it Hannah, sometimes i spend a whole day shoveling and putting it through the sluice . It pays to try a few pans to see if there is gold in the area before spending time in an area. It is best to try on the drop side of the creek which is normally on the inside of the bend. Sometimes it is best to get into some tight wash and try to work down to the base rock or bedrock. crevices in the bedrock will hold gold so it pays to get into these as well, good luck. I am enjoying your vids Hannah, keep them coming. cheers, Trevor Cozens, Picton NZ.
I tend to have my best luck pulling dirt from the downstream side of large rocks and boulders that are in the water already, of course the outside bend on a stream bed of solid rock works best for me. Just like you, I have never found enough to quit my day job but most of the fun is just being out in the water on a secluded stretch of river with my sons
That's good advice
Gold flakes is what you'll find mostly Today, try using a barge vacuum pump and sucking out the sludge in between rocks,emptied into a screen shifter.....
For us "hobbiests" the gold is just being out in the beautiful environment enjoying what nature has to offer. Any gold you might get is just a bonus.
Looks like you found a pot full.
Just like fishing or hunting a excuse to be outdoors.
Try . Never mind too many weirdo s
I hear Ohio has never been properly prospect Ed
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First I would like to say, a bad day panning for gold is better than a good day at work. Second, I have used a sleigh box and still own it. Finding nuggets are harder then you think. Flakes are easier. An old miner once told me to never give up, you sill find the gold when it wants to be found.
Like the saying goes - Gold is where you find it. It is also easier with a metal detector. Even a small one passed over the dirt before you put the dirt in the sluice and saves time.
Nice spot but....a woman alone in the woods - you be careful.
Thanks for sharing your adventures. The scenery is outstanding. Maybe some sort of vacuum to suck out the dirt in those hard to get to places. Probably a stretch.
I thought about that too, a little hand held one=)
hi Hannah whenever you want to go for a dredge session,I've got a Keene triple sluice dredge that's ready to go. thumbs up to you for getting out there. great vids!!!!
Gold Digger,Van Dweller,Ship Captain,Yacht renovator,Mushroom coffee purveyor so much adventures so little time !
Good luck, hope you find some nuggets that would be awesome appreciate you sharing what a beautiful place. I have a great night I’ll follow for more
Hey Hannah, Scott from SC here, I know this was a while back but I just wanted to say you’re doing great!!...and you’re exactly right, the root systems with the well packed gravels are excellent spots. A lot of really good advice and tips in the comments as well. Looking forward to more like this one but I’ll be honest... I catch myself smiling during every single one. I’ve decided to get a GoPro and start filming my new adventure so I’m taking notes. Have a wonderful day!
Iv been exploring gold panning and a sluice box as well this year. Growing up in Montana you learn a lot about life and have nothing but adventure.
Wish you all the best luck Hanna, you never know you might find a good size nugget of gold.
A sluice box is the way to go you can move a lot of material quickly. If you feel like the water is moving to fast you can raise the backside up to decrease the pitch . Looking at the video on it looked like you had it set up just about right. The key is to move as much quality material as possible to get the gold. Good luck and don't give up it's all about the me adventure. Thank you for the video!!!
Happy Birthday! I was from Pittsburgh too. Old critical care nurse and love your videos!
Oh now you have my attention, I love geology and archeology and paleontology. Expensive Rock hounding. Yep. Have a great day 🌸😊🌸
The estwing black pans with different size riffles are quite good because the bottom of the pan is fairly big for washing back the black sands. The garrett super sluice pan is even bigger but costs more and you need to be a lot stronger to use it. I've just got the garrett gold trap and the little finishing pan and the estwing.
With all the camera set up, hiking up, hiking down and hiking back to get the shot you want, you probably hike those hills 3 or 4 times. It's impressive
take care of yourself a lot princess I love you so much ❤️😊kisses from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
I loved the slightly spooky music to start off October right! Very fun and you always put a smile on my face with your fun adventures! I would love to go gold prospecting like that! Thanks for being so sweet and sharing your adventures with us. 😊
There's is an art to getting the right angle and flow keep on exploring sluices are good just need good dirt 🇺🇸⛏️
All the best wishes for you dear Sweet Dr. Hannah, if hope you get successful in finding gold and all goals of your life
Hi Hannah,
Gold panning is so much fun. It looked like your sluice was set pretty good. I don't know if anyone else mentioned this yet, wet your classified materials before you run it through the sluice. Dry gold will wash right through. Gold flakes float. After you clean your sluice into your bucket, pan the concentrates into a tub but add some jet dri to the tub. It breaks the surface tension so the Gold will sink in your pan. Even if you don't find Gold the beauty of the outdoors is the treasure many of us look for.
Hi Hannah, and yes the sluice box is the way to go and yes you need a full size pan, I always sample pan for color before I set up my Sluice so I know were the color is best and dont forget to check your talings from the box to see if you are losing any color slow the water down and keep an eye on the riffles . Remember gold is heavy when looking for paydirt look for round river rocks with minerals smaller rocks not the sand so much. May your pan turn yellow with color.
At the base of that bedrock you looked at first had some interesting sand and gravel pockets. That would have been the first place I would have checked. There has been plenty of heavy water flow scrubbing that rock, and the base is a prime location. Nice folding sluice, mine was a solid one piece about the same size, definitely more awkward to transport.
I have to check these areas out, thank you!! The folding sluice was convenient to carry but worried some of the kinks in the fold hindered some of the flow.
It would help if you put some miners moss on top of carpet the keene came with. Also you have to put the expanded metal in with the right side up. With the expanded laying flat on the sluice one side has a bevel in the diamonds the bevels should be facing down so that there is a lip between the carpet and the bevel. Those tiny pockets will trap the gold. If you put tha bevels up the tiny gold will just slide off. Heavy pans 🙂👍
Love your videos. Always looking for new adventures. You have so much fun traveling and exploring. Keep on discovering and stay safe.
Thank you Andy!!! So glad you stopped by=)
a wide rock on top of sluice will help hold it down. 1" drop for each foot of sluice length. top of sluice, water should be deep enough to form a V down to about the second riffle. to low of water, build a dam. gold will carry on the inside bend of stream and down stream side of bigger rocks, boulders. keep it up, being out in nature is a treasure in itself!
Your lucky to have running water to run a sluice. In the desert of Arizona, we have to bring the water to pan the gold. It's a fun Hobbie, but a little hard work but enjoyable and you can enjoy peace and the outdoors 🤙
If you come to British Columbia you can meet Dan Hurd. The borders are open for the US.
We love gold panning. There is lots of gold panning British Columbia and you're guaranteed to find gold every time
I have been thinking of heading north, may be in the plans soon=)
Looks like so much fun .....great videos. Being from Canada I've had the pleasure of traveling through California and Nevada. Currently just out side of Salt Lake City. You are so lucky to be able to enjoy all its beauty every day
Looking forward to your next adventure
Thanks Chris=) Any good prospecting in Canada?
@@DrHannahStraight hey thanks for the reply.
I'm sure there is place in British Columbia and the Yukon you can prospect. North Ontario has the world's largest pure gold deposit.
Off to New Mexico today🙂
Dr Hanna, youbwoukd be an incrdible person to be around! What a personality to have, laughing and joking like you do. You will go far in this life, its a gift that most folks would love to own but simply cannot pull it off you do sweetheart. Its a shame there are not more like you in the world so be thankful. Do add God into your conversation because without Him you do not show the world what you have in the nature you possess. Thank you so much for taking on such a wonderful adventurious time.
That is really awesome that you are out there prospecting and having fun. Having fun is the most important part! We all know you wont get rich panning or sluicing for gold. It is very hard work. Rather, it is the experience of being out on the river and looking for hidden treasure. That said, if you want to improve your chances there are many great channels on youtube dedicated to this hobby and how to do it safely and effectively. Safe travels young lady.
The experience it is! Relaxing listening to the water but a lot of exercise moving that bucket around=)
Yes, out of all those beautiful spots, if you sample all the spots you've been to, you'll find gold and silver for sure.
Would love for you to continue this trade/skill! I think this would be a great addition to the already great content!
Love the hat Hannah, glad to see you back on land again. Prospecting is so adventurous, and you perfect for it.. the sluice looks great.excellent technique…. You taught me something. Happy day Hannah. See you next adventure……
Fun adventure, even if you don't strike it big. I am in SE Ohio, not known for gold, but I do have a creek that runs across my property so though I would give it a try. I used a Grizzly gold trap and then panned the concentrate. Quite a bit of black sand, and actually found a half dozen flakes. Will never pay for the equipment I guess but still a fun experience, and I have a little glass vial with some glittery flakes of gold to show off.
Dr Hannah,
Did I ever tell you that I found gold once! It was indeed the "mother load" as you say. It was the day I found your channel. I've been richer ever since. 😊
You can guarantee that there's always a beautiful and smiling face to greet you with a Dr. Hannah video.
Get a Garrett Super Sluice gold pan, they are the best! Never put dry material in your sluice box, only wet material, otherwise the small gold will float on the top & wash right out over the riffles. The water was almost too slow still, you need good water flow to clean the light stuff out of the riffles so the heavier gold can settle in the bottom. Prospecting is hard, but don't give up! Think of it as a fun hobby & not a money maker & it's much more enjoyable.
If you buy or make one of those gold hand pump siphons they work great to pull everything out of those bedrock crevices.
@Dr. Hannah Straight
I'm sorry you didn't find any gold this time. Better luck next time maybe.
Good to see you again Angel.
I've always wanted to try this, it would be a good hobby to enjoy while going on a camping trip. Ive never done it, several of my relatives were miners in the early to mid 1900s . Such a beautiful setting for a great video.
Good morning Hannah must be Sunday I always enjoy waking up to your new vids every week hopefully you get some gold in the rest of your bucket as always so jealous that your out in the woods love your content be safe 😉
Good morning!! thanks so much for stopping by=)
Another great video Doc! Love your work! 👍😁
Thank you!!=)
Thanks for another enjoyable video! I applaud your adventurous spirit! Good Luck on the prospecting!
🧐 awe your hint "open your mind to the one golden sun" out of all the possible lines from that entry. my mood #happy.
nice place kind of reminds me of Kern river ca , they been having fires out that way , right in the Kern river , and the smoke was bad for miles around , I would still love to go visit there again someday , alot of panning on that river that is not tied to a claim , be careful and have fun
Your videos are so funnily random sometimes love it keep up the hard work 👏👏👏
If it were easy, everybody would be prospecting. Don't know much but I've watched enough gold rush to know that the angle of the sluice has to be dead on for result should there actually be gold, and like another comment was said, bends, in the river are best. Good luck, fun to watch.
You have such a beautiful spirit.
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I have a claim in British Columbia Canada, right on the historic Gold Rush Trail from the 1800's. I have a few spots I work hard, but when I just go for fun and stuff, I usually get a few grams for the afternoon.
If you ever take a trip to Alaska, you would be driving right through my area. And if you wanted to spend a day on a working claim, just let me know
Hi Dr Hannah. Good luck prospecting! Getting close to 200K subscribers, congrats!
Find spots where the bedrock in the river has natural divots and crevices to catch gold, also behind (downstream side) of large rocks. Been lucky in these areas. Looks like you have the right idea! Good Luck!
I’ve seen a video about gold and it claims there’s gold in any river or stream in America. It may only be flakes, but it adds up. I personally think you’re the gold. I’d love to travel with you and enjoy the beautiful country and your positivity.
Gold prospecting can be very hard work. A sluice will help you process the dirt faster. Don't worry if you don't see much on the rubber matting. The water flow has to be fast enough to wash the rocks out and the gold will settle into the riffles.
Crevices can produce some of the larger nuggets without digging through 3 feet of gravels to find them. Happy hunting.
It is a lot of manual labor! Hard to believe how many people traveled across the country back in the 1800s for only a chance to prospect for gold.
@@DrHannahStraight - Haha, not only across the country but up the Klondike with a years supply of food or they weren't let in. Gold Fever is real! Having found a few ounces in Vt panning, people often ask me if you can make a living at it. Nope! Not there but I love playing in the water and at the end of the day, I get to take home some color. Serenity!
Your flow through sluice box looks good. You want good velocity. The area your in has been sucked dry by Dredges. That pot hole especially. Loose sand and smaller gravels are not good for gold. You were right to dig around the larger outcrops of bedrock, but usually requires a lot of digging or finding a crevasse that no one has dug in before. Finding hard packed rounded gravels along the edges of the river above the current water elevation is also a good place for gold. It's never easy, even for an experienced Geologist like myself.
Makes me feel a little better about it haha, definitely a lot of work!
What a great mountain location you're at. Digging for gold is awesome.
When you think about recreational gold prospecting you have to bear in mind that gold concentrations are usually found in “parts per million” concentrations. If you think about that long enough it drives you to just dig another scoop of dirt, thinking that if you stop a nice piece of gold MIGHT be just a fraction of an inch lower, so you get a little crazy, just going after that next half inch of dirt.
And yes, a sluice box allows you to process more material than a pan alone.
Another great adventure! Thanks for bringing us along.
so glad you enjoyed it!!!
Joyous and carefree video! Not many things make me anxious, but that campsite would creep out most people solo-camping, I believe. As someone old enough to be your father, I’d probably be discouraging you from doing that too often! 😉🙏👍
"Exactly" what I'll be doing when I get my RV and travel full time. Besides being an outdoor enthusiast, Gold mining is right up there in adventures to seek out.. ;)
Congrats on 200K Subscribers!
Great seeing you enjoying life, looking for a stream of gold. Love your video’s. Be safe, stay healthy, & God Bless everyone.
Thank you Ron!!!
You have the most fun adventures. There are places here in Georgia to still find a little gold.
You are so lucky! To be able to have all those adventures. Another awesome video thank you 👌
I would have to agree that camping out and watching creepy movies is great......And telling horror stories around the camp fire like the one about the sailor with a hook on his foot.......Keep the vids coming Hannah.
Hannah, you totally look like the 21st century prospector…… WOW!!!!!! How times have changed….. i think the sluice is worth it….. just takes time and use of….. as you camp more by streams you’ll have an eye out for possible finding the “yellow” stuff. Love your humor. You’d be fun camping with….. thank you for the adventure…. See you next time…..
Cool video stay safe we all get creeped out even me in my semi truck sometimes I park I wish I didn't so I lock my doors and turn my lights on and my Pitt bull keeps a watchful eye on everything ✝️🇺🇲
Hi hannah.Hope you are well and having fun.Be safe and happy travels my friend 🇦🇮 uk love 💜
You should check out gold hog. They have some pretty good instruction videos on using your sluce box and also on panning techniques.
What an awesome place that looks like, I have a very similar sluice box and pans and whether you find gold or not doesn't really matter as you know it's all about the thrill of the hunt and enjoying nature. Keep the water flow a little on the heavy side going through the sluice as the gold is heavy enough to get caught up in the riffles so don't worry about it washing away. Love your videos keep on keeping on and stay safe. 😊✌🏼
It looks like you're doing the sluicing correctly, I've been sluicing since 1980. Just keep trying, and keep the sluice at a 20-degree angle. Water flow slows down in the fall in the Sierras, you may have to place rocks to funnel more water into the sluice. Check out DMO and Zonner's youtube channel, they prospect in the Sierras and the Nevada desert.
Cool, there wasn't any smoke in this video. Great video. Hope you find the mother load at your next location.
Nothing like a little Au to put a smile on face!